LESSKEY(1) General Commands Manual LESSKEY(1) lesskey - less () lesskey [-o ] -- lesskey [--output=] -- lesskey -V lesskey --version lesskey 582 less . less lesskey lesskey less. lesskey less . lesskey less . . . : #command . #line-edit . #env . . (#) . #command . : <_> <_> [-] <_> / . ( ) . 15 . less . (^) (control). . : \b BACKSPACE (0x08) \e ESCAPE (0x1B) \n (NEWLINE) (0x0A) \r (RETURN) (0x0D) \t (TAB) (0x09) \k ( ) : \kb BACKSPACE ( BACKSPACE \b) \kB ctrl-BACKSPACE \kd \kD \ke (END) \kE ctrl-END \kF shift-END \kh HOME \kH ctrl-HOME \kI shift-HOME \ki (INSERT) \kl \kL ctrl- \kM shift- \kr \kR ctrl- \kS shift- \kt (BACKTAB) \ku \kU \kx (DELETE) \kX ctrl-DELETE \k1 F1 \kp1 \kp2 \kp3 \kp4 \kp5 \kp6 \kp7 \kp8 \kp9 \kp0 0 \kp* * \kp/ / \kp- - \kp+ + \kp. . \kp, . . "". less less. . "{" ":t" . . lesskey "B" "b" "next": B set-mark b/next\n "quit": less ASCII . less. less . #command \r forw-line \n forw-line e forw-line j forw-line \kd forw-line ^E forw-line ^N forw-line k back-line y back-line ^Y back-line ^K back-line ^P back-line \ku back-line J forw-line-force K back-line-force Y back-line-force d forw-scroll ^D forw-scroll u back-scroll ^U back-scroll \40 forw-screen f forw-screen ^F forw-screen ^V forw-screen \kD forw-screen b back-screen ^B back-screen \ev back-screen \kU back-screen z forw-window w back-window \e\40 forw-screen-force \eb back-screen-force \ej forw-newline \ek back-newline F forw-forever \eF forw-until-hilite \ef forw-bell-hilite R repaint-flush r repaint ^R repaint ^L repaint \eu undo-hilite \eU clear-search g goto-line \kh goto-line \kH goto-line \e{ \kI goto-line \e{ \ke goto-end \kE goto-end \e} \kF goto-end \e} < goto-line \e< goto-line p percent % percent \e( left-scroll \e) - \e{ - \e} - \kl left-scroll \kr - \kL - \kM - \kR - \kS - { - {} } - {} ( - () ) - () [ - [] ] - [] \e^F - \e^B - G goto-end \e> goto-end > goto-end P -- \eG --- = ^G :f / - - \e/ - * \e - * n - \en --- N - \eN --- & filter m - M --- \em - ' -- ^X^X -- E examine :e examine ^X^V examine :n - :p - ^O^N osc8-- ^On osc8-- ^O^P osc8-- ^Op osc8-- ^O^O osc8- ^Oo osc8- ^O^L osc8- ^Ol osc8- t - T - :x - :d - - - :t - t s - o ## ## : ## s toggle-option -log-file\n _ - | pipe v ! shell # pshell + _ \e[M mouse \e[< 6 \kp1 goto-end \kp2 forw-line \kp3 forw-screen \kp4 left-scroll \kp6 - \kp7 goto-line \kp8 back-line \kp9 back-screen \kp0 noaction 0 \kp* noaction * \kp/ noaction / \kp- noaction - \kp+ noaction + \kp. noaction . \kp, noaction , H help h help \k1 help V version 0 digit 1 digit 2 digit 3 digit 4 digit 5 digit 6 digit 7 digit 8 digit 9 digit q quit Q quit :q quit :Q quit ZZ quit lesskey . "invalid". "noaction". "noaction" "invalid" less "invalid" "noaction". : #stop . #stop . #stop . #stop . "quit" . : #line-edit #command. . less: #line-edit \t _ \17 _ \ekt _ \e\t _ ^L ^V ^A \el right \kr right \eh left \kl left \eb _ \e\kl _ \e\kL _ \ew _ \e\kr _ \e\kR _ \ei \ki \ex delete \kx delete \eX _ \ekx _ \kX _ \e\b _ \kB _ \e0 home \kh home \e$ end \ke end \ek up \ku up \ej \kd ^G abort \kp1 end \kp2 \kp4 left \kp6 right \kp7 home \kp8 up \kp0 noaction 0 \kp* noaction * \kp/ noaction / \kp- noaction - \kp+ noaction + \kp. noaction . \kp, noaction , \e[M mouse \e[< 6 LESS #env . (=) . . less . lesskey lesskey . =+ = . =+ ( =) . . . ( =+ ). = ${NAME} "NAME". lesskey lesskey . ${NAME/STRING/REPL}. "STRING" "REPL". STRING (metacharacters). STRING REPL . REPL STRING. . ${NAME/STRING1/REPL1/STRING2/REPL2} . version# less ( lesskey) . lesskey less. 'sideways-search' 777 less. Q less . 777. #version >= 777 Q sideways-search : > < >= <= = != #version less lesskey 594. #version. -i -S less --color 595 . #env ## ( ## --color -S.) LESS = -i -S #version >= 595 LESS += --color=Hkc less(1) MS-DOS OS/2 (sequence) NUL (0). NUL \340 lesskey. (C) 1984-2026 less . / (1) (2) Less. README less . less COPYING. Free Software Foundation 59 Temple Place Suite 330 Boston MA 02111-1307 USA. Less LICENSE. less . . https://github.com/gwsw/ less/issues. 3 . . : . less 692 29 2026 LESSKEY(1)